"paresthesia" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: paresthesias [plural], paresthesiae [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside, abnormal”) + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|παρά||beside, abnormal}} Ancient Greek παρά (pará, “beside, abnormal”), {{m|grc|αἴσθησις||sensation}} αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|paresthesiae}} paresthesia (countable and uncountable, plural paresthesias or paresthesiae)
  1. A sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin, with no obvious cause. Wikipedia link: paresthesia Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medical signs and symptoms Synonyms: paraesthesia, paræsthesia Derived forms: hemiparesthesia Related terms: formication, pins and needles Translations (sensation of burning, prickling, itching, or tingling of the skin with no obvious cause): парене (parene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), сърбеж (sǎrbež) (Bulgarian), 感覺異常 (Chinese Mandarin), 感觉异常 (gǎnjué yìcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), parestézie [feminine] (Czech), parestesia (Finnish), paresthésie [feminine] (French), formigo [masculine] (Galician), parestesia [feminine] (Galician), Missempfindung [feminine] (German), Empfindungsstörung [feminine] (German), Sensibilitätsstörung [feminine] (German), Parästhesie [feminine] (German), Fehlempfindung [feminine] (German), parestesia [feminine] (Italian), kpadzákpadzá (Nupe), parestezja [feminine] (Polish), parestesia [feminine] (Portuguese), pajápajá (Yoruba)

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